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He died a month after his heart attack, in hospital, on 17 March 1971, aged 52. His brief spell in
Northern Ireland witnessed the escalation of tensions, as well as the first death of a British soldier, Gunner Robert Curtis, on 6 February.
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on 15 October 1969, and Chief Army
Instructor there on 1 February 1970. Following this position, he was appointed GOC and Director of Operations in Northern Ireland on 4 February 1971, to replace Lieutenant-General
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After six weeks, he was recalled by
Mountbatten, who had been appointed Viceroy of India, and again served as his Conference Secretary until he left India in 1948. For his services, he was appointed a
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in 1945, he was promoted to temporary
Lieutenant-Colonel and posted to the staff in South-East Asia, arriving just after the Japanese surrender. He served as the Conference Secretary to
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and Lady Aimée Dawson (GBE) in 1948. They had one son, Brigadier
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Officer Commanding the British Army in Northern Ireland
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Troubles (Northern Ireland)
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On returning from India, he was appointed as the regimental
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He married
Rosemary Douglas, the daughter of Brigadier Sir
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715:Academics of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
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235:North-West European campaign
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25:Vernon Erskine-Crum
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512:"No. 45322"
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452:"No. 44960"
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412:"No. 42847"
392:"No. 38161"
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649:Categories
637:Harry Tuzo
352:References
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62:Allegiance
37:1918-12-11
535:Bew, Paul
379:The Times
311:in 1967.
237:in 1944.
99:1940–1971
270:adjutant
215:Calcutta
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79:Service/
301:colonel
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